Delivery mechanism for pencil-vending machines.



V A, WAQNIERE. QELIVERY MEGHANISM FOR PENCIL' VENDING MACHINES. yArrLxoATIozl FILED/mnimo. 956,00`6 Patnted Apr. 26, 1910.

HLAJJ Toall 'whom 'it may concern.'

machine of the type sh Vmad thef .jl rly'eto t e 'means-for deliveringthe pencils tion ,on the line wtf- 1n F1 nneirsr winni-nan, or LosAncares;

stimmen, AssIe'Non '.r'o n. IEci: AND

r. n. OWEN,v or LosnNGnLns, caLIronnra.

DELIVERY MECHANISM non rnmiIn* Vnivnirre MACHINES.

Be .it'known thatI, Anouar WAGNmnE,

a citizen of the 4United States, residing vat j". 1l-Jos Angeles,.in,thecounty of andgState ofl California, have invented a- L -new'and- -usefulDelivery echanism for Los Angeles P neil-Vending Machines,-"ofwhichthe-fol- Jloiwngfis'a specification.j. f

. 1s invention relatesto a pencil vending own in my applica- 'ftionSerial No. 445,680, filed-July 27, 1908,

' resent invention relates partiellomthe machine.v

is The-'mainbject of` thev invention is' to' "provide, Vfor deliveringthe' pencils ina siml," ",fjple `,and elicient manner,l so that a single.ffmoyernent ot the fcontrollin '.`f;or.ejection oa pencil and 20 Qfo 1owing `pencil into osition for ejection. "Aiither object oft e inventionis tol pro- "videfxvneans'for holding the upperpencils of 1t ,ceou'mnfof lpencils in such manner that means serves or bringlng the"undue-pressure will not be 'brought onto the Y j jection, devices. l l

. "lQther 4objects will' appear hereinafter.

.The aceompanyingdrawings.illustrate the v.-infy'ention.and referringthereto; .Figure 1 is 51, a, perspective of the'machine. Fig. 2 is aperspective of the ejector. Fig. 31s a per- LL, spective o f a guide'forthe ejector. Fig. 4 `r"1 s eperspective of the means for sustainingfrthejuppermost pencils of the column. Fig. ,5 {iS-a vertical section'ofthe machine from ont 'to'baclL Fig. 6 is a horizontal seceectingmechanism in norma position. Fig. j y yis a .view similar toFig. `6,showing the ejeeting mechanism in .operated position.

ates the case or body of the maeld by locking means 3, into the lnteriorof videdwithja recess 4 extending beneath the 5 bodyof the case, the topof this recess being formed by :a partition or false bottom `5whichformsthe base for the mechanism of of said recess .4 arid is lcutaway at `8 along l its lower edge toform a slot through4 whic 4Ijthecpellcils areLe-je'cted. j-Theub'ase 6 ofthe ease 'is`providedkwith 'inclined pencil su 1 ports 7 1extendiixg .upwardly andrearwardly being formed with a verti metal strip having -false bottom toenable a 5," showing the 'wardly extending portion the`machine.` Thedoor-2 extends in frontI Patented Apr. ee, 1910.

within the recess 4 to receive the encils and cause the same tol rollforward t rough the slot 8 and into a groove 19 near the front yedge ofthe base`.- i v Within the case-1 two vertical guides 10 60 extend atthe back ofthe case, at a point adjacent4 to the top ofthe-case, eachguide cal guide roove 10 of sutlicient width to accommo atea p penciland the portions of said guides at the top thereof being removedsufficiently from Y the'top of the case 1 to permit the introduction ofpencils into the uide way formed Vby said grooves. 'The fa se bottom 5ex tends part way under saidgrooves, but is separated from the back ofthe casing 1 and from the bottom ofthe guides 10 a suilicient distanceto permit thepassage of a pencil# between the rear edge of the falsebottom and the back o'f the case.` 75

The ejector consists of a T-shaped member comprising a bar 12 formed,for exam le," of an angle strip and a cross. head 13' as tened to andextending transversely of said bar, said ejector head consisting of aAsheet `e0 its ends bent np as at 14 a distance somewhat less than thethickness of the pencil. The bottom of the guides 10 terminates asuiiicient distance fromthe pencil to pass be- '85 tween them, a spring111 attached to the back of the 'cam normally pressing forwardly to holdthe lower-most encil in position on,the-.l false bottom, but yielding topermit-the rearward movement of the pencil when it 'is 90 forciblypressed back by the ejector. The vbar 12 slides ina guide consistingoffa sheet metal 4strip bent in angle form' with its upbent over anddown to form a guide -way 16 in which the 95 vertically extendingportion of the angle bar 12 slides. 'A spring 17 engaging and supportedby pins or studs 18, 1'9 on the false ,bottom extends over the front endof the bar 12, so asto normally press said bar to rearward positionshown in Figs. 1 and 6.

The'operating means for the ejector consistsI of a lever 2O pivoted at21 on the false bottom 5 and extending throuh a slot .22 on the guide 15and'vthrongh a sot 23 in th'e bar 12,' the said'lever working close inthe slot23 butthe slot 22 being elongated, so as to lenable 'the bar 12andthe ejector to'be operated by movement of'said lever. .Such

movement of thelei/"er iseii'ected .by an op; 110Ay trolling tlierearward movement of the slideV bar l26, said-means comprising coinslotmechanisin which may be of 'any usual or suitable form, forexample', of the form described and claimed in my application aforesaid.As such coin slot mechanism forms no part ofthe present. invention, itis illustrated and described herein in so as is necessary fortheexplanation of the delivery mechanism. I

29 designates the coin slot, 80 the Icoin chute 31 the lock, pivotallymounted on the false bottom 5 and adapted to receive a coin' from thecoin chute and to tilt under the weight of the coin in position to bringthe 1 vcoin into position for ejection from the lock by an arm 3 3.extending rearwardly from the slide bar 2G. A'slot extendsjthrough thefalse bottom5, to discharge the coin to la cash receptacle 48.

Means are provided for preventing the op- I .erating device from beingpartially operated in such manner as to eject the pencil withoutdislod'ging the coin, said means consisting, for example, of.a seriesofteeth 35 on the slide bar 26,.and a pawl 3G pivoted to the guide member2'( and held by a spring 37 so as to cause it to engage said teeth toprevent back movement `of the slide 26 after it has started to move ineither direction. A

deep notch 39 at'each end of the series of teeth 35 enables the pawl ordetent 3G to resume its normal position when the slidereaches the end ofits 'stroke in either direction. Means are also provided for sustainingthe upper pencils of thefcolumn;ofpen-.

cils indicated at 40 in Fig. 1, so as to relieve the ejector mechanismof-the weight. of lsuch pencils, said means consisting of a member 41pivoted to a bracket 42 onl the false, bottom 5, and having alprojection or tooth 43 at its upper end, the pivot of the said memberbeingat one side of the center of gravity of the member so that saidmemberI -tends to fall forward to position shown in' dotted lines inFig.` 5 with its tooth 43 engaging with the column of pencils to sustainthose pencils which are above said tooth. This sustaining means isnormally heldout of engagement with the column of pencils by a pin 45 onthe slide 12 engaging with a pin 46 on the member 41 to hold said memberin position shownin full lines in Fig. 5. As the sustaining member 41vswings rearwardly against the column Aof pencils, the' point of contactof the said member with the pencils is atthe rear of the 'pivotal pointof support of said member, so that the downbeing therefore proportionalto the weight to be sustained.

The operation is as follows:4 lt being as-V sumed that a column ofpencils is in place in the guideways 10, the lowermost pencil restson`the top of the upturned flanges 14 ofthe ejector head 13 so that nopencils can be delivered until the ejector head is moved forwardly. Suchforward'movement i of the ejector head is prevented by the lock 31 whichnormally e'Xteiids up into the path` of the arm 33 and opposes rearwardmoveing leverr 20. A; person desiring a pencil will drop a coin in theslot 29 and said coin dropping onto lock 31 will tip the same over,

.the coin receiving portion of said lock being at the rear of the pivotthereof so that under the weight of the coin the lock will turn tohorizontal position, bringing vsaid ioclr out of the path of the slidebar 26. The push button 25 may now be pressed forcing the slide bar 26,rearwardly, operating the lever 2O and bar 12 to move the ejector head13 forwardly from under thelowermost pencil of the lower part 'of thecolumn and allowing the column. of pencils to drop until the bottompencil rests on the false bottom 5. In this operation the pin 45 on theslide 12 is removed from the projection 46 on the pencil sustainer 41allowing the tooth 48 thereof to come into'engagement with the column ofpencils so that downwardI movement of those pencils which are' abovethis sustaining device is prevented, thereby reducing the. friction onthe lower pencils, facilitating the operation -of the ejector means andoloviating the risk of squeezing or binding of the lower pencils by thesupertime in horizontal position, the rearward 'arm 33 of the slide bar26 moves over the top .ment of the slide 26 connected tothe operatl iooof said lock and pushes the coin therefrom4 i into the discharge slot 34by whichit vis conveyed to the cash receptacle 48. When the push button`25 is released, the spring 17v presses the slide bar 12 rearwardlycausing the flanges 14 of 'ejector head 13 to press the lowermost pencilrearwardly and over the rear edge of the false bottom 5, said pencilfalling onto the inclined supports 7 and rolling forward into thereceptacle 9. During this movement the pencil sustainer 41 is returnedto its normal position .b the pin 45 of-the slide 12 engaging with t eprojection 4G' on said member allowing the upper pencils of the columnto descend and to rest ing beneath said guides at a suilicient distancetherefrom to permit passage of a single pencil between said bottom andthe lowerv end ofsaid guides, an ejector consisting of a bar and a crosshead thereon, said cross head normally extending below the space betweensaid vertical guides to sustain the lower- -most of the column ofpencils within the guides, guide means on said bottom member in whichsaid bar of the ejector is movable forwardly and rearwardly, a leverpivoted on said bottom member and engaging with said bar of the ejectorto operate the ejector forwardly, a push button supported in position tooperate said lever for such forward .operation of the ejector, and aspring eni gaging the said bar of the ejector to norly press the ejectorrearwarilly. 2. A delivery mechanism for pencil vending machinescomprising, in combination,

Atwo vertical, grooved guides for receiving the ends of the pencils toguide the pencils vin a vertical column, a bottom member extendingbeneath said guides at a suliicieiit distance therefrom to permitpassage of a single pencil between said bottoni and the lower end ofsaid guides, an ejector consisting of a bar and a cross head thereon,said cross head normally extending below the s ace between said verticalguides to sustain tlie lowermost 'of the column of pencils within theguide members, guide means on said bottom member in which said bar ofthe ejfector is movable forwardly and rearwardly, a lever pivoted onsaid bottom member and engaging with said bar of the ejector to operatethe ejector forwaidly, a push blitton su ported. in position to operatesaid level' fbr such forward operation of the ejector,a spring engagingthe said bar of ltlieejector to normally press the ejector rearwardly,and means for sustaining the upper pencils of the column during theejection operation, consisting of a inemberpivotally mounted on saidbottom to swingr rearwardly against the column of pencils, and

vmeans on said member and on the aforesaid for sustaining the bar of theejector to turn said member forwardly away from the column of pencilswhen the ejector is in normal rearward position.

3. In a delivery mechanism for pencil vending machines, in combinationwith the vertical guides for the pencils, an ejector mounted to moveforwardly and rearwardly below said guides, a bottom member extendingbeneath and supporting said ejector and separated, from the guidemembers suiiiciently to`a1low passage of a single pencil, and means foroperating said ejector, means u per penci s of the column, consistinerofP a member pivotally mounted on said bottom member and swingingrearwardly against the column of pencils by gravity, and means on saidSwingin member and on the ejector for releasing sai( member from thecolumn of pencils when the ejector is in normal iosition.

4. A delivery meclianism for pencil vending machines comprising, incombination, two vertical, grooved guides for receiving the ends of thepencils to guide the pencils in a vertical column, a bottom memberextending beneath said guides at a sufficient distance therefrom topermit passage of a single pencil between said bottom and the lower endof said guides, an ejector consisting of a bar and a cross head thereon,said cross head normally extending below the space between said verticalguide members to sustain the lowermost of the column of pencils withinthe guide members,v guide means on said bottom member in which said barof the ejector is movable forwardly and rearwardly, a lever pivoted onsaid bottom member and engaging with said bar of the ejector to operatethe ejector forwardly, a push button supported in position to operatesaid lever for such forward operation of the ejector, a spring engagingthe said bar of the ejector to normally press the ejector rearwardly,and spring 'means at the rear of the column of pencils and of the spacebetween the said guide inembeis and the said bottom member to preventpassage of the pencil from said space until it is ejected? by theejector.

In tcstiinon whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at os Angeles,California, this 26th day of April 190,9.

' AUGUST WAGNIERE.

In presence of- A. P. KNIGHT,

FRANK L. A. GRAHAM.

